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An Experimental and Bioinformatics Protocol for RNA-seq Analyses of Photoperiodic Diapause in the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus

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Fat enough for the winter? Does nutritional status affect diapause?

Clancy A Short¹, Daniel A Hahn¹

¹Department of Entomology and Nematology, The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.

Journal of Insect Physiology

|January 30, 2023

Summary

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Insect nutrition significantly impacts diapause, a dormant state crucial for survival. Understanding nutritional status, encompassing nutrient perception, intake, and storage, is key to insect seasonal adaptation.

Keywords:

Diapause Dormancy Life history Nutrition Nutritional axis Nutritional status Overwintering Polyphenism

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Area of Science:

* Entomology
* Insect Physiology
* Nutritional Ecology

Background:

* Insects enter diapause (dormancy) to survive harsh seasons, drastically reducing feeding.
* Diapause incurs significant nutrient costs for metabolism, tissue repair, and development resumption.
* The relationship between nutrition and diapause induction, maintenance, and termination remains complex.

Purpose of the Study:

* To review existing research on how nutrition affects insect diapause.
* To propose a holistic concept of 'nutritional status' for a comprehensive understanding.
* To identify specific nutritional factors influencing diapause phenotypes and reconcile conflicting findings.

Main Methods:

* Comprehensive literature review of studies investigating nutrition and diapause.
* Analysis of experimental findings using the geometric framework of nutrition.
* Examination of refeeding experiments to differentiate diapause from quiescence.

Main Results:

* Contrasting effects observed: low-quality food induces diapause, while food deprivation averts it during induction.
* The geometric framework of nutrition may reconcile these findings by identifying critical dietary components.
* Insufficient evidence currently supports nutrient stores regulating diapause length.

Conclusions:

* Nutritional status, a broad concept, is critical for understanding diapause regulation.
* Further research is needed to investigate the role of nutrient stores in diapause termination.
* Proposed mechanisms involve the gut-brain-fat body axis in integrating nutritional status with diapause programs.